BMW's Luxury Sport Crossover: Focus Group Attendee Confirms AutoBild Spec Shot of 2008 BMW X6

A few months back, a tipster gave us an account of his experience in a focus group regarding a new BMW crossover, which some publications have referred to as the X6 or LSC (luxury sport crossover). According to said tipster, the September issue of Popular Mechanics features a shot of the exact car that appeared before the focus group. While PM hasn't posted shots of the model online, a spec image published by AutoBild, the tipster says, is an accurate representation of the car. To wit:

There, in its funk-tastic glory, is the BMW Luxury Sport Crossover. [Popular Mechanics] says it's probably two years away from hitting the showroom floor. It's not quite a station-wagon, and it's not quite a hatchback, but it's one hell of
a crossover...

The new car, allegedly based on the increasingly ubiquitous 5-Series platform (x5, 6-Series) is expected to debut in early 2008, along with the V5 — a rumored Mercedes R-Class fighter. Diggity.

8:00 AM on Mon Aug 21 2006
By Mike Spinelli
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Papercutninja at 08:42 AM on 08/21/06
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that is one ugly Prius. The BMW design group is really losing imagination. It's like they're just taking Photoshopped drawings of Bangle cars straight into production.

1 series plus Z4 coupe = EW.
Pontiac at 08:48 AM on 08/21/06
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Thats just a lame photochop made by a too many times lame magazine.
adb at 09:55 AM on 08/21/06
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We're mixing apples and oranges, kids. The X6 is, in essence, a chopped X5--lower roof, less practical, higher performance, and more expensive. The 'LSC' is the V5--and, if you look closely at the photo, you'll see a roofline that would accommodate a more useful cargo area. Therefore, it sounds like the tipster saw the V5.